NINJA WARRIORS on top. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT was hit hard after Chicago’s football coverage was removed, falling 0.4 to 1.4 in final numbers.  (The CASTLE rerun at 10PM fell too, to 1.0.)  SLEEPY HOLLOW avoided setting a new low–although it did tie its old one–gaining 0.1 to 2.2, and THE VOICE also climbed […]

  Small increases and declines. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

Bad news in Animation Domination land. FOX:  Thanks to baseball, FOX’s animated slate has been off the air for several weeks.  Absence, it appears, didn’t make the viewers hearts fonder.  On the first Sunday since October 9 that CBS had the late national football game and FOX aired its regular slate, THE CLEVELAND SHOW was […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below could be inflated somewhat by a local pre-emption in Kansas City for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which aired nationally on ESPN). NBC numbers below also include a local pre-emption for NFL MNF in Baltimore, where the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS was shifted to WBAL digital channel 2 and also available on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the Michigan vs. Florida State ORANGE BOWL dominated Friday cable at 3.36, and other COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games included Nebraska vs. Tennessee […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was fall finale night, and STATION 19 gained 0.05 to 0.50, with GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.11 to 0.51.  Both will return on February 23.  A promo run of Hulu’s REASONABLE DOUBT was at 0.23, up 0.06 from last week’s episode of ALASKA DAILY (albeit with a higher lead-in). CBS:  YOUNG […]

>Game 2 of the World Series averaged a 3.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, down from a 3.9 fast national rating for Game 1.  The official nationals rating for Game 2 should be about a 4.0 this afternoon (compared to a 4.2 for Game 1).  It really is a shame because this is […]